Conrad Bohn

Johann Conrad Bohn (born December 23, 1831 in Bornheim , † September 14, 1897 in Aschaffenburg ) was a German physicist.

His parents were the wine merchant Christian Bohn and Elisabeth, geb. Mattern. He was trained by private tutors and was an intern at the University and Technical University of Munich. In 1850 he began studying mathematics, natural sciences and classical philology at the University of Marburg . In 1851 he continued it at the University of Breslau and finally at the University of Heidelberg . In autumn 1854 he followed Philipp von Jolly as an assistant at the Physics Institute of the University of Munich. In the spring of 1855 he became a research assistant to Victor Regnault in Paris. In the autumn of 1856 he returned to the Physics Institute of the University of Munich and was awarded a Dr. phil. with the work "- a literary-historical treatise The theory of the conservation of energy" doctorate . In 1858 he was appointed private lecturer there. In the summer of 1860 he accepted a call from the University of Giessen as an associate professor for mathematics and physics. In 1866 he became a professor at the Central Forestry Institute for the Kingdom of Bavaria in Aschaffenburg , where he taught mathematics and physics and later also geodesy until the end of his life.

Fonts

• Comments on Bunsen's photometer. Leipzig 1859.
• About the optical properties of the artificially produced tartaric acid. In: Liebig's annals. 113, 1860, pp. 19-20.
• To polarize the light through simple refraction. Giessen 1862.
• About color vision and the theory of mixed colors. Giessen 1865.
• Via an instrument for measuring the horizontal distance and height difference. Giessen 1866.
• Study of the absorption of heat and light rays. Giessen 1866.
• About negative fluorescence and phosphorescence. In: Poggendorff's annals. 133, 1868, pp. 165-174.
• An apparatus for the convenient production of various combinations of galvanic elements. Aschaffenburg 1869.
• Over the field of view of the Galileo telescope. Aschaffenburg 1873.
• Photometric studies. In: Poggendorff's annals. Supplementary volume 6. 1874, pp. 386-416.
• Results of physical research. Leipzig 1877.
• The land survey, a teaching and manual. Berlin 1886.
• About flames and glowing gases. Aschaffenburg 1895.

Web links

• Entry on Johann Conrad Bohn in Authors of the Bunsen Library (Word document; 2.17 MB)
• Freddy Litten: Johann Conrad Bohn - short biography